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Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplant Donors “Lesser the Better” [PDF]

Translational Research in Urology
Introduction: Preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is crucial for reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) in kidney transplant donors. Purpose of the study was to compare the effects of various doses of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing
Asad Bashir, Umar Farooq, Nasrum Minallah, Fiaz Touqeer, Zia Ul Haq Akram, Salman Jamil, Ali Asad, Javeria Shahzad, Sehrish Shakir, Maria Khalil, Faheem Aslam   +10 more
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Prescription characteristics of phosphate binders in a high pill burden for hemodialysis patients

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2021
Background Dialysis patients have to take many oral drugs, causing a high pill burden. Phosphate binders (PBs) account for a large proportion of daily pill burden; however, the relationship between patient background and prescription status of PBs is not
Nobuo Nagano, Kyoko Ito, Takashi Ono, Yuichi Ariyoshi, Soichiro Masima, Hajime Kobayashi, Tetsuo Ando, Takaaki Tsutsui, Tetsuya Ogawa   +8 more
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A Rare Case Report of Giant Urinary Bladder Stone Causing Recurrent Dysuria in a Woman

Case Reports in Urology, 2022
Background. Large urinary bladder stones are not common and even less common in females. We report a case of large bladder stone presented with acute retention of urine in a female patient. Case Report.
Rojan Adhikari, Hari Prasad Baral, Utsav Bhattarai, Ravi Kiran Gautam, Kiran Jung Kunwar, Dipesh Shrestha, Bijay Mansingh Katwal   +6 more
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Kidney Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2022
The NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer focus on the screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment, and management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Patients with relapsed or stage IV RCC typically undergo surgery and/or receive systemic therapy.
R. Motzer, E. Jonasch, N. Agarwal, A. Alva, M. Baine, Kathryn E. Beckermann, M. Carlo, T. Choueiri, B. Costello, I. Derweesh, A. Desai, Yasser Ged, S. George, J. Gore, N. Haas, S. Hancock, Payal Kapur, Christos Kyriakopoulos, E. Lam, P. Lara, C. Lau, Bryan Lewis, D. Madoff, B. Manley, M. Michaelson, A. Mortazavi, L. Nandagopal, E. Plimack, L. Ponsky, Sundhar Ramalingam, B. Shuch, Z. Smith, J. Sosman, M. Dwyer, Lisa A. Gurski, Angela Motter   +35 more
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Inter-study reproducibility of arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance imaging for measurement of renal perfusion in healthy volunteers at 3 Tesla [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Measurement of renal perfusion is a crucial part of measuring kidney function. Arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance imaging (ASL MRI) is a non-invasive method of measuring renal perfusion using magnetised blood as endogenous contrast ...
Delles, C., Foster, J.E., Gillis, K.A., Jardine, A.G., Mark, P.B., McComb, C., Morris, S.T.W., Patel, R.K., Roditi, G.H., Schneider, M.P., Taylor, A.H.M.   +10 more
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Alemtuzumab induction and tacrolimus monotherapy in pancreas transplantation: One- and two-year outcomes [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND. Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) induction with tacrolimus monotherapy has been shown to provide effective immunosuppression for kidney, liver, lung, and small bowel transplantation.
Abu-Elmagd, Akhtar Khan, Amadeo Marcos, Amit Basu, Calne, Ciano, Deanna Blisard, Flechner, Gruessner, Hale, Henkie P. Tan, John J. Fung, Kaufmann, Kirk, Knechtle, Knechtle, Kusum Tom, Marcos, Marcos, McCurry, Ngoc L. Thai, Ron Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Stuart, Thai, Thomas E. Starzl, Tryphonopoulos, Tzakis, Watson   +33 more
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Danger in the jungle:sensible care to reduce avoidable acute kidney injury in hospitalized children [PDF]

, 2020
When children require hospital admission, many receive medications with nephrotoxic potential. As such, this can translate into an increased risk of acute kidney injury.
Bagshaw, Sean M., Bell, Samira, Selby, Nicholas M.   +2 more
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A Unifying Approach for GFR Estimation: Recommendations of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease.

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2021
BACKGROUND In response to a national call for reevaluation of the use of race in clinical algorithms, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) established a Task Force to reassess inclusion of race in the ...
C. Delgado, Mukta Baweja, D. Crews, N. Eneanya, C. Gadegbeku, L. Inker, Mallika L. Mendu, W. Miller, M. Moxey-Mims, Glenda V Roberts, W. S. St. Peter, Curtis Warfield, N. Powe   +12 more
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Association of urinary uromodulin with kidney function decline and mortality: the health ABC study
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, 2017
BackgroundUrine uromodulin (uUMOD) is a protein secreted by the kidney tubule. Recent studies have suggested that higher uUMOD may be associated with improved kidney and mortality outcomes.MethodsUsing a case-cohort design, we evaluated the association ...
Bennett, Michael R, Devarajan, Prasad, Fried, Linda F, Garimella, Pranav S, Gutiérrez, Orlando M, Harris, Tamara B, Ix, Joachim H, Katz, Ronit, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Parikh, Chirag R, Sarnak, Mark J, Shlipak, Michael G   +11 more
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Global Epidemiology of End-Stage Kidney Disease and Disparities in Kidney Replacement Therapy

American Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Background: The global epidemiology of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) reflects each nation’s unique genetic, environmental, lifestyle, and sociodemographic characteristics.
J. Thurlow, M. Joshi, G. Yan, K. Norris, L. Agodoa, C. Yuan, R. Nee   +6 more
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